Chuck



March 1, 1932. .T. NORTON ET Al. v 1,847,359

CHUCK Filed June 5, 1928 L 4 SheetsfSheet 2 y ff' MZORS ATTORNEYS March l, 1932. T. NORTON ET AL 1,847,359

CHUCK Filed June 5, 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Mar. 1, 1932 UNITED-'STATES .F.iia'sNT oir-FICE v'rrrnononn NoR'roN AND MAX n. LirNG'E,` or CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, omo,v AssIGNoBs n ro` THE WARNER. a'swAsnY COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, omo, A CORPORATION -oF OHIO . CHUCK y.Applicati'ox'i led `hine 5, 1928'. Serial No. 282,965.

provide. a chuck adapted for the Imachining of Y Work pieces Where VeXtreme accuracy .is Vrequired. I y p A .further object is to provide a kchuck so constructed that a high degree-vof accuracy is obtainable by reason of aa provision for accurately adjusting the Workholding member of the chuck and alsot by the provision of novel piloting means for the tool holder.

A further-object isto provide a chuck-capable of adjustment-both as tothe Work holder and as to the piloting means so that the `Work holder may be adjusted to accurately position 'the Work with reference to lthe -a-Xisfof the machine Without affecting the proper functioning of the piloting portion of the chuck Which is also adjustable with {refer- 'ence to the axis of the` machine.

' A further object is toprovide .a chuck having the character-isticsfand advantages mentioned above, but also adaptedto be supportedat its forward vend by a steady 'rest which is capable of functioning as va support for the front end-ofthe -chuckbody notwithstanding the adjustments, the ,parts being so arranged and core'lated lthat -relative adjustments maybe made-between the steady rest and the piloting portion of the. chuck not only to compensate for the adjustment of the piloting `portion,but also to compensate :tor Wear and to facilitate the initial adustment.

A further -cbjectfis to attaintheabove obects with a chuck ada tedto accommodate Work pieceswhich are to be bored'or other- 'Wise machined on-twoA or' more centers, rthis chuck therefore embodying a `Work holder which maybe adjusted Within the chuck 'body or housing of the chuck` to centralize different portions of the `Work pieces,suitable provision `being made for lockingrthework `holder A,dle being shown at 18.

,tothe housing inthe dierent lWorking posi- I' l tions of the former.

.A still further obj ect is to provide a chuck wherein thework is supported inside lthe chuck body With suitable provision for introducing the Work pieces through `the side of the chuckfbody.

The above and other objects are attained by the invention which may be summarized as .consisting in certain novel combinations and arrangements of partsand detailsV of con-l struction Vwhich willbe-described inthe specitication' and set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying sheets .of drawings wherein there isV shown an embodiment of theinventionA which operates very edectively., Fig. l isa side elevationof the improved chuck mounted .inposition on ka machine tool, a -portionvo thefheadand bed ofthe latter being shown and the steady rest also being l shown mountedon the bed-in supporting re- 'lation With the front end of the chuck;,Fig.

2 ris a,longitudinal sectional view 4of the same substantially on the line ,2-2 of Fig. l Fig. Seis an end VvieWlookingt'ovvardthe front of the chuck With the bed in section; Fig. 4 isa vtransverse sectional view substantially on the line 1 -,4 of'jFig. 2; Fig.'5 is atransverse sectional vieW substantially cnthe line 5-5 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is` a plan view of the levercon- .trolling a lock bolt for positioning the Work holder in thehousing, andshovvmg alsoa small portion of the' housing l; and Fig. 7 is a Yside view of the leve'rjof Fig. 6. H

Referring to the drawings, We have shown the chuck applied to a machine tool which may be a lathe,'a portion of thebed being lshown at lOand a portion ofthe head at 11.

j The chuck proper includes an adapter 12 Whichis designed to be screwed onto the spindle in the usual manner, a portion of the spin- The chuck includes also housing l-tvvhich 'in themain is'cylindrical in shape. It will be noted that the rear end of the housing overlaps a shouldered portion of the adapter, and here a provision is made for adjusting the housing laterally in one plane relative to the adapter. The housing is secured to the adapter by a series of axially 'disposed screws 15 which extend through suitable enlarged openings near the periphery of the adapter so that the lateral adjustment of the housing can be made. To guide the housing while being adjusted, the adapter is provided with diametrically opposite keys 16 secured to the adapter by screws 17. The adjustment is made very accurately along the keys 16 by turning radially disposed adjusting screws 18, these screws projecting through the housing into engagement with the shoulder portion of the adapter and after they have been adjusted to properly position the housing with reference to the adapter they are locked in place by locking screws19. After the 'housing has thus been adjusted it is secured in fixed position on the adapter by tightening the screws 15, these screws having been loosened somewhat so that the adjustment may be made. f

Inside the housing 14 is a work holder 20 which in this instance is substantially cylindrical in form and is rotatably supported in the housingl4. The housing 14 and the work holder 20'have at their ends bearing portions by which the work holder 20 is rotatably supported. The rear end of the work holder has a lbearing on thefront facev of the adapter and the front end of the work holder has a bearing on a plate 21 which forms a part of the housingl14 and is secured thereto by screws 22, both the plate 21 and the housing 14 having interfitting shouldered port-ions. This plate 21 is formed separate frointhe housing simply for convenience in machining` the housing and in assembly of the work holder. y

' The work holder '20 is hollow. as illustrated,'to accommodate the work piece which is here designated 23. In this instance, the work piece is a pump bracket provided at its forward end with a housing portion having two substantially annular gear receiving chambers 23a and 235 which are adapted to be machined on different centers. To bring these portions in line with the center line of the machine` the work holder is made adjusable in the housing and in order that the adjustment which in this instance is a rotatable one may bring the portions23a and 23?? in line with the center ofthe machine, the work holder 2O is eccentrically mounted in the housing 14 as is obvious from Figs. 2, 4 and 5.

That is to say,vthe annular borel within the 4housing to accommodate the work holder is eccentricallydisposed so that whenV the work holder is in the position shown in'Fig. 4 one ,portion of the `work piece is centered and when the work holder is turned 18()O from its ,bearing portions.

provided to permit the insertion or removal that position the other portion of the work piece is centered.

Provision is made for locking the work holder in each of its working positions and in this instance this consists of a lock bolt 24 supported for radial movement in the housing 14 and adapted to engage in either of the two sockets 25 provided in the periphery of the work holder, (see Figs. 2 and 4). In this case the lock bolt and the sockets 25 are at the forward ends of the housing and work holder respectively. Furthermore, since this particular work piece has two portions to be centered the sockets are 180O apart, but a work piece may be of such a naturethat it is to have more than two portions to be centered and machined in which event the work holder will have a corresponding number of workingpositions and will be provided with a corresponding number of sockets to receive the inner end of the lock bolt.

The lockbolt is adapted to be retracted by a lever 26 pivoted on a pin 27 in a recessed portion of the housing, one end of the lever engaging the outer end of the lock bolt while the other end is engaged by a spring 28 seatedin a socket of the housing and arranged to move the lever and lock bolt to locking position.

The work piece 23 is clamped against an annular hardened plate 29 secured on the inner face of the front end of the work holder. Preferably this plate has some inwardly projecting locating pins 30 that are adapted to engage in suitable locating openings formed on the front end of the work piece and the workpiece is clamped against the plate 29 and thus held firmly in position (with the assistancevof the locating pins 30) while the machining is being done, by aclamping lever 31 mounted on a bearing pin 32 supported by the work holder and it is held in work clamping and supporting relation by a screw 38 to which access may be had withl a suitable wrench through an opening 34 formed in the housing 14, (see particularly Figs. 1 and 2).

`A spring 35 seated partly in sockets of the leverand -work vholder serves ,to move the lever out of clamping position when the screw 33 is released from the lever 31.

The housing 14 is provided with a pair of fairly wide oppositely disposed openings 36 which extend substantially the full distance between the inner bearing portions of the housing, and the work holder is provided with a pair of similar openings 37 which eX- tend substantially the full distance between These openings are of the work piece landthe openings 36 formed in the housing also permit the work holder to be turned from one working position to another. This can be done in various ways but in this instance this is done by means of A ia rod which is adapted to be 'extended through one or the other ofthe openings36 into sockets 38 formed yin the work holder `these being illustrated in both Figs. 2 and 5, there being a sufcient ynumber of these sockets to enable the work holder to be readily turned from one working position `to another.

It might be here mentioned -before passing from the description vof the housing/and work 'holder to the other parts to be referred to,

that .the front end of the work holder 20 and lplate 29 have an annular opening 39 for the free passage of the tools to be usedin machining the work piece, this opening being slightly greater 'than Ythe maximum width of the portions 23a and 23?) to be machined (see Fig. 2). Y f f 7e provide in front of the `housing of the chuck, so as to rotate therewith and so that it may be adjusted relative to the housing, means for piloting and supporting a tool or tool holder so that it will be held free of vibration and exactly central with respect to the axis Vof the machine. 'This piloting means consists of an outer pilot sleeve 40 shouldered at its inner end so as to engage both the outer yface ofthe plate 21 and the front face 0f the work `holder inside `of the plate 21, there being a clearance between'the latter and that portion of the sleeve which projects inwardly to the work holder. The pilot sleeve 40 supports a pilot bushing 41 held in place by a nut 42. The sleeve 40 and the .bushing 41 have shouldered vengaging portions which, with the assistance of` the nut42, support the bushing 41. centrally of vthe sleeve 40 so as to enablethe bushing 41 to remain stationary in the sleeve 40'while the A Y, tool .orgt-ool holder projects through the bushing, the tool or tool :holder being usually in the form of a cylindricalbar which has a close sliding fit in the bushing.

rl`he pilot sleeve 40 is secured to the plate 21'by axiallyk disposed screws V43 which extend through enlarged openings `formed in the sleeve so as to permit the pilot sleeve to be adjustedso that it canbe` centralized with relation to the axis of rotation in the event that the adjustment of the housing relative to the adapter carries the .pilot sleeve .to an 'off-center position. The pilotsleeveinay be adjusted to exactly centralized position after the screws 43 are loosened, by radially adustng screws 44 which extend through the plate21 into engagement with the. inner por tion of the pilot sleeve. lAfter the screws 44 have been adjusted, they are locked in position by locking screws 45 and, of course, the

Yscrews 43 are then ti ghtenedA to hold the :pilot vsleeve with its busliing'in the centralized position to which it-'lias been adjusted by the screws 44. Thepilot bushing 41 is preferably supported Vin the pilot sleeve,40sothat the bushing Amay Ibe vheld stationary lor substantially so when engaged by .the-tool or tool holder,

ige., so that the sleeve may rotate relative to the bushing when the machine operations are being performed, as it is much easier to re tain lubricant on tlieengaging surfacesof the pilot sleeve and lbushing vthan on .the engaging surfacesof the bushing and tool or tool holder; Y

To insure accuracy of very high degree, a Vsteady rest is provided for the front end of the chuck. This steady rest consists of a ring-'or annular-supporting member 46 havinga base 47 clamped tothe ways of the bed '10-10 as best shown in Fig. V3, this steady rest preferably being so disposed as to engage the Echuck-0n the front face of the plate A21 and so as Vto Vbe in supporting relation with the pilot sleeve. Inasmuch as the steady rest with the supporting `member carried by it is stationary when thechuck is rotated, provilsion for adjustment has been made to compensate for any relative adjustment between the pilot sleeve :and the housing 14. Accordingly, kthe supporting part .of 'the 'steady rest, i. e., the part rwhich holdsk the frontzend'of thechuck vagainst lateral vibration, is formed in sections 48 which are adjustable radially on thesteady rest ring 46. By reference yparticularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it 1s seen that each section 48 is segmental in form and consists in'this instance ofan L-shaped body which is lclamped against the outer face of thesteady rest `ring 46 and extends axially vinward' to .the front face ofthe plate .21. Each of these sections has at its inner surface a hardened arc-shaped bearing. Vportion 49 forming a bearing'for the pilot sleeve 40 which is adapt- -ed to rotate within it, theseveral bea-ring portions 49 forming a sectional bearing sleeve.

:be adjusted radially to adaptthesupporting portion ofthe steady rest to any adjustment whichmay be given to the pilot sleeve 40 and also to compensate for wear. The sections v48vmayfbe moved'radiall inward Vinto bearing or thrust relation wit the pilot sleeve 40 by meansofscrews 51, and after the sections 48 are correctly positioned ,said lscrews 51 are "locked in position by screws 52 .(see Figs. 2

and 3). In this instance the supportingportion of thesteady .rest is formed inthree sections :each extending for substantially aroundl the pilot sleeve.

It will thus be seen that wehaveprovided` a chuck having a'housing of any suitable length which `is secured to the adapter -f'or lateral adjustment in order that the work piece may be accurately Vpositioned Vand `supported with vrefeianceto ,the laxis of the-maof the work piece with provision for locking the work holder in any of its working positions. Likewise, it will bel seen that there is provided additionally at the front of the chuck a rotating pilot support for the tool or tool holder which pilot support is capable of being centralized regardless of the lateral adjustment which is given to the housing, and still further, that there is `provided for the front of the chuck a Vsteady rest in which the front part of the chuck is adapted to rotate so that the front portion as well as the rear portion of the chuck is adequately supported, this steady rest being sov formed and disposed that it will not interfere either with the adjustment of the housing or with the adjustment of the pilot sleeve inasmuch as its lpart of the chuck which is to rotate in it, thereby not only enabling the adjustments to be made but compensating for wear between the engaging stationary and rotating parts.

It will be apparent that since the inner bore of the pilot bushing and outer bearing surface of the pilot sleeve 40 are concentric, it is only necessary to bring the outer surface of the sleeve 40 to a central position with respect to the axisof rotation to center the bore of the bushing.

While we have shown .the preferred construction, various partsoil the chuck are susceptible of modiication in form and construction and 'we therefore do not wish to be limited to the embodiments shown, but aim in our claims to cover all modiiications which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention. l

Having thus described our invention, we claim: y

1. A chuck comprising an adaptor, a work support, a tool pilot, and means whereby either said adaptor, support or pilot may be adjusted relative to the others.

2. A chuck comprising a rotatable body having work supporting means and provided with a-tool pilot at the front thereof, and a steady rest for the front part of the chuck.

3. A chuck comprising a rear'part adapted to be connected to-a spindle, a housing adapted to be secured thereto and adjustable laterally ot the chuck axis, and a steady rest for supporting the front part of thechuck.

Ll. A chuck comprising a rotating body provided with a portion adjustable laterally of the chuck axis, and a steady rest engaging said portion. f

5. A chuck comprising a rotatable body having a portion adjustable laterally of the chuck axis, and a steady rest having laterally adjustable portions engaging the same.

6. A chuck comprising a rear part adapted to be secured'to a spindle, a housing secured thereto and adjustable laterally of the chuck axis, and a steady rest for the front part of the chuckhaving laterally adjustable bearing portions.

7. Ak chuck comprising a rear part adapted to be secured to a spindle, a housing secured thereto and adjustable laterally of the chuck axis, a laterally adjustable front portion secured to the housing, and a steady rest engageable with said laterally adjustable front portion.

8. A chuck comprising a rear part adapted to be secured to a spindle, a housing secured thereto, and adjustable laterally of the chuck axis, a laterally adjustable front portion secured to the housing, and a steady rest engageable with said laterally adjustable front portion and provided with laterally adjustable bearing portions.

9. A chuck comprising a rotatable body with work supporting means and provided at the trout having a pilot sleeve with a pilot bushing rotatably supported therein.

10. A chuck comprising a rotatable body having Work supporting means and provided with tool pilot means comprising a` sleeve ad justablelaterally of thechuck axis.

` 11. A chuck comprising a rotatable body having work supporting means and provided with toolpilot means comprising a sleeve adjustable laterally of the chuck axis havingy a pilot bushing rotatably supported therein.

12. A chuck comprising a rotatable body having work supporting means and provided at the front with a portion adjustable laterally of the chuck axis, and a steady rest for the front portion of the chuck having segmental bearing portions engaging said laterally adjustable portion of the chuck.

13. A chuck comprising a rotatable body provided with an adjustable work holding .member adapted to be moved to different positions to centralize different portions of a vwork piece with reference to the axis of rotation, and a steady rest for supporting the front. part of the chuck. i

14. A chuck having a rear part adapted to be supported by a spindle, a work holding member adapted to be adjusted yto different Vpositions to centralize different portions of-a work piece with reference to the axis of rotation, and a steady rest adapted to engage the Jfront end of the chuck.

15. .A chuck having a rear part adapted to be supported by a spindle, a steady rest engaging the front part of the chuck, and an adjustable .work supporting member supported by the chuck between the spindle and the steady rest and adapted to be adjusted I circumferentially to different positions.

16. A chuck comprising a rotatable body,

a Work holder supported by said body and adjustable laterally of the chuck axis, and a pilot portion in advance of the Work holder.

17. A chuck comprising a rotatable body having an eccentric bore, a Work holder engaging said bore and adapted to be secured in different Working positions therein, and a tool pilot member carried by said body in advance of the Work holder.

18. A chuck comprisinga rotatable body having an eccentric bore, a lWork holder engaging said bore and adapted to be secured in different Working positions therein, a tool pilot means carried by said body in advance of the Work holder, and a steady rest for the front part of the chuck.

19. A chuck comprising a chuck body hav-v ing an eccentric bore, a Work holder engaging the bore and adapted to be secured in diferent Working positions, a tool pilot member carried by the body in advance of said Work holder, and a steady rest engaging the pilot member. e

20. A chuck comprising an adapter, a housing adjustably secured thereto and having an eccentric bore, a Work holder engaging the bore and adjustable to dilerent positions therein, an adjustable tool pilot member carried by the housing, and a steady rest having adjustable portions engaging the pilot member.

21. A chuck comprising an elongated rotatable body having a circumferentially adjustable member therein with Work holding means comprising a clamping plate surrounding the axis of rotation adjacent the front end of the body, and means for `supporting the Work by clamping the same against said plate, both the clamping plate land said means being carried by said mem- 22. A chuck comprising a housing having an eccentric bore, and a Work holder engaging the bore adapted to be turned therein, the housing having one or more loading and unloading openings between the frontand rear ends thereof.

23. A chuck comprising a rotatable housing having an eccentric bore with axially spaced bearingportions at the front and rear thereof, and a Work holder having axially spaced front and rear bearing portions engaging the said bearing portions of the eccentric bore, said Work holder being adapted to be turned to different positions Within the housin l 24. E chuck comprising a rotatable housing having an eccentric bore With axially spaced bearing portions at the front and rear thereof, a Work holder having axially spaced front and rear bearing portions engaging the said bearing portions of the eccentric bore, said Work holder being adapted tok be turned to different positions Within the housing, said housing and the Work holder havcarried b'y the adapter and adjustable thereo on laterally of the chuck axis, said chuck body having an eccentric bore, and a Work holder rotatably supported by the chuck body in said bore.

In testimony whereof, We hereunto aiix our signatures.

THEODORE NORTON. MAX E. LANGE. 

